Author: Slater Wold
Date: 17:41:33 08/13/01
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On August 13, 2001 at 19:51:59, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On August 13, 2001 at 16:06:14, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On August 13, 2001 at 12:38:22, pete stein wrote: >> >>>According to a recent press release at http://www.cnet.com : >>> >>>M$i 's plans for future versions of Windoze : >>> >>>Programmers and software producers will be required to buy a "Compatibility >>>Licence" to release software that is compatible with the next Windows OS and in >>>return they will get an official "Retrieving Licence" to justify their >>>recovering of the extra expenditures from the end users. When buying a (e,g. >>>Fritz) CD the end user will then be required to order (and pay) Microsoft's >>>"Activation Licence" of that CD >>>in order to run purchased software. >>>The Double-Deck CD-rom will become the standard, Microsoft reports, because >>>Windows will only run with the CD in the drive because of the copy protection. >>>There are also plans to "manifest" IExplorer, it means to ban other web browsers >>>and access to the net will only be possible through the Microsoft servers in >>>order to trace "Unregistered licence-users" >>> >>>Boy, am I happy I migrated to Linux! >>> >>>Pete >> >>This is such shit. He cannot even provide a link, because it simply IS NOT >>true. >> >>I wish the moderators would delete this entire thread. It's easy to make a >>company look bad, by simply making up OUTRAGEOUS lies. I believe in freedom of >>speech, and freedom to whoever to say whatever is on their mind. HE IS NOT. HE >>IS SIMPLY LYING HIS ASS OFF. >> >>_VERY_ frustrating. And XP _WILL_ support multiple monitors, and SMP machines. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> > >It looks like it won't. This last sentence is trying to reply another message >from Andrew, and he was referring to the "standard" or "home" version. >That one, won't include SMP support and or multiple monitors (apparently, a step >back from win98). If you want all this features, you have to buy the more >expensive "professional" edition. >I think that SMP support is very relevant to this group, so, the options will >either windows 2000, the professional XP or Linux to program SMP engines. >The "home" version of XP is not an option. > >No SMP: >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp > >No Multiple monitors: >http://computers.lycos.com/software/xp3.asp > >Regards, >Miguel > > >> >>Slate What are you talking about? From: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q193/6/45.ASP Windows Me/98/95 Do Not Use Multiple Processors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 98, and Windows 95 only use one processor on multiple-processor computers. MORE INFORMATION Windows is designed to use a single Intel-based processor. If you install Windows on a computer with more than one Intel-based processor, Windows uses only one of the processors and ignores the rest. If you need an operating system that supports symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), you may want to use Microsoft Windows NT instead of Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95. Note that some third-party programs may make use of a second processor under Windows in a programmatic manner (most notably, computer-aided design [CAD] programs). The use of a secondary processor is dependent upon such a program and is usable only by that program. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A step back? WTF are you talking about? XP will support SMP just as 95, 98, and ME do now. If you want the full SMP effect, you'll have to upgrade, just as you do now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taken from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/guide/featurecomp.asp DUALVIEW DualView allows two monitors to host the Windows desktop, while being driven off of a single display adapter. In the case of laptop computers this could be the internal LCD display as well as an external monitor. For desktops there are a variety of high-end display adapters that will support this functionality. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once again, what are you talking about? Slate
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